It's today! The Selfish Bookclub is open :)
Come in, pull up a seat and get comfy - it's time for that slow deep dive!
Hello you!
Firstly, thank you. Thank you for being here and reading this. There’s a lot out there in internet world to grab your attention so I really feel grateful that you are choosing to read this and hopefully are looking forwards to immersing yourself in The Selfish Bookclub.
As you all know, we are reading BIG MAGIC by
.We will be spending about eight weeks with this amazing book, so you have plenty of time.
Time is something I want to talk about first.
Eight weeks is a lovely amount of time. You do not need to rush. You need never feel ‘behind’ in this club, that’s not how we are doing things.
You will be drip fed resources to enhance your reading, understanding and use of the book, every week or so and to encourage you to move forwards. But once I give you these resources, they are yours to keep and use whenever you like.
Maybe you will be slow to start and just get into the first section when I am starting to talk about the second. This is FINE.
You have not missed the boat, you ARE the boat, ok?
There will be threads and opportunities to chat and share but you can also just work through the resources and the book in splendid isolation - I am not here to try to enforce ‘joining in’! But for those who like a chat and going through the journey together and at the same time - you can.
If you’re reading this and still on the fence about joining us, here’s your gift trial - use this by 7 April to get a 14-day free trial. Please use this rather than the paywall link at the bottom to get the 14 days.
I won’t be sending many more preview emails like this as I want to respect the time and attention of those choosing not to join in with this new aspect of the membership.
So for anyone wishing to join in later, you can just hop onto Substack, upgrade your subscription from free to paid and get access to everything then. BIG MAGIC posts will remain even when we’ve moved onto book two so new members can have access to everything at any time. If this book wasn’t for you but you’re interested in future book choices, I’ll make sure you know about them.
Ok, onward!
“So this, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”
Elizabeth Gilbert
The first section of BIG MAGIC that we are focusing on is COURAGE.
Courage is a huge part of living a creative life, whatever living a creative life means to you.
By building our courage and being willing to look at what we fear, we can truly make amazing changes in our lives. I know because I have changed and I also see it weekly if not daily in the work I do as a coach.
I often say to my clients ‘confidence isn’t coming’.
Not to dishearten them, but to get them to see that confidence is something that you BUILD, not something that arrives at your door.
And how do you build it? Through engaging in courage and facing and feeling your fears. And then doing it anyway ;)
I have more to say on these topics, but in the spirit of reducing the overwhelm, I want to encourage you to do two things this week;
Familiarise yourself with the COURAGE section of BIG MAGIC.
Download and take a look at the first guide which you’ll find below - and make a start on the ideas and exercises within.
I’d love to hear anything you have to say throughout our journey into BIG MAGIC. I’ll be opening up chat threads in the next few days but you can comment on the posts and even DM me through the Substack app or website.
With love,